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pplication illcd January My invention-has .for its ob'ect to provide a soap cake which'will a ord a-hold for the hand, and vthus lnot easily' slip out of the hands'twhen wet, as constantly happens resulting in 'much loss of time and tem er. i

i T e reason that soap' when wet slips out of the hand easily is that the cake is usu ally flat or exteriorly tapering, so that, particularly in the latter case, the harder the hand squeezes it, the greater the tendency to wedge it out of the hand.

The ordinary shallow, markings on soap cakes are soon worn down, and do not afford any real hold for the hands When the soap is wet. 'i o I discovered some time ago that by lforming a substantial hollow, recess or chamber to receive the fingers or palm of the hand, preferably in both sides of the soa` cake and in the middle thereof, and lpre erably .so that the, recesses on vboth sides 'almost meet so as to leave a mere web therebetween, the 'interiorl facin Shoulders or slopes formed by the han -hollow, i recess or chamber, will serve ras an effective hold or grip for the hands, until the soap is practically worn .to a wafer, and the harder the soap is squeeze'd by the hand, the greater w, the tendency of the soap cake to stay in the hand owing to the wedge-like effect of the interiorly facing shoulders or slope. being inward insteadof outward as inl the ordinary soap cake. 4 Invorder that my invention may be fully understood, -I shall first describe in detail the mode in which I at present prefer to carry the same into'efi'ect and then particularly point out the various features of the invention in the claims.

Reference is to be had, to the accompanying drawin forming part of this specification in whic like parts are designated by thesame npmbers in all' vthe .figures Figure-l is a face view of a circular soap *cake embodying Figure 2 isV a cross sectional view of the i same, on the linei2 2 Figure 1.- 50 Figure 3 is a`face' view of an oval soap `cake embodying my invention in its present preferred form.v

Figure 4 is a face view of a squared soap preferred form. In making a cake of soap, according to myinvention in its present o cake embodying my invention in its presentappearance '17, 1925. serial m. 8,019.

TED sTATEsrATN-T jo-Frlce] my invention, I= form by means of a prop- -erly shaped mold or press in. the side of the cake, 'a hole, cavity, recess,'chamber or sink,'al1 which, as'well' as every equivalent formation, I call a recess 5, of a size,

contour and depth sufficient to receive a substantial portion' of the fingers or 'palm of the hand, andthus aiford the hand a substantial'hold or grip on the squared, sloping, -rounded or otherwise shapedCshoulder 6- formed by the' side of the recess. This shoulder 6 facing as it does interio'rly or toward the center of the cake tends to -keep the wet cake' in the hand ythe more securely the more strongly the soap is squeezed,

as the wedge-like eflect of the hand on said i shoulder vtends to press the cake into the hand, whereas in the ordinary cake of soap the vefi'ect is exactly'the reverse so as con-l stantly to force the wet soap out of the hand.

If the recess-5, extends completely through the soap so as to form an annular cake; .or the recess is formed in one side only of the cake leaving a thin web on the other side;

or the recess is not in the 'middle lof the i cake as here .shown but eccentric; or the recess is of adiiferent contour from the outside of the cake, the broad purpose of my invention is served and such modifications are within the'scope of` my invention, ex-

cepting that the form ofcake having the' hand-receiving opening and the surroundin shoulder 'of soap extending completely an continuously through the cake will be madethe subject of a'se'par'ate application for i patent. Up to the resent time, however, I have' found that t e purpose of my invention -is much better served by forming.

y like recesses 5 in the middle -of thel opposite sides of the cake, of a depth suflicient .to leave' merely a thin web 7 between the,

floors. of the recesses, and of acontour correwndm contour o the cake.

ders 6. givethe hand a lateral hold or grip on both sidesaof the cake= until the'cakeis.

wornithin; the web. 7 gives a firmer sup,- port to jand makes a bear'ing' for the hand;

the central location of the recess'and the conv tour of the hollow, corresponding to that hold or grip' for the hand as well as faoilitating the the soap..

approximately to the exteriorolto no n'nufacture and improving the i I by a shoulder of soap, thus forming' a hold for the hand.

2. A'hand-cake of soapv having a recess in the midortion of each side of such depth as to eave a relatively thin web of 10 soap in the medial plane of the cake surrounded by Shoulders of soap on opposite having a recess sides, thus formin a hold for the hand on each side of the ca e.

3. A hand-cake of soap having a recess in its mid-portion of such depth as to leave 15 a relatively thin Web o f soap surrounded by a. shoulder of soap, which is 'substantially perpendicular to the plane of the web, thus forming a hold for the hand.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa- 2G turo V`(JLRENCE LIVINGSTON BRGHER. 

